AN AMUSING CASE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1976, 30 November 1889, Page 3

AN AMUSING CASE.

A London paper has the following : Comical cases are sometimes heard at Police Courts. A young man presented himself at "Woolwich Court the other day, accompanied by a young woman, to ask advice. He said: I was married to this young lady on Tuesday, and went to live at her house. I took my goods to make the place more comfortable, and next day the brokers came in and took everything belonging to both of us. They said it was for rent, and the lady admits there was some owing, though she did not tell me so before we were married, and what I want to know is whether the brokers have any right to seize my things for her debts. i Mr Marsham: No doubt they have. When you marry a lady you take her debts upon yourself. Applicant: That is jolly hard law. Mr Marsham: Everybody is suppbsed to know it. You would be liable just the same for the support of her children, if she had any. Applicant: Oh, I know that; she was a widow with four. (Laughter). But to take my, furniture just as I had got it all ready for them was more than I bargained for. The wife: Couldn’t we get hack his mother’s clock ? Mr Marsham: You can probably get back all by paying the rent. Applicant: Well, the rent is paid now, and we have nothing left now but the youngsters, and an old pot to boil the potatoes in. (Laughter). But we will make another start, and I daresay we shall do all right. Mr Marsham: Yes, make a fresh start.